To target doomscrolling, the Australian government is making it mandatory for social media platforms to add a prominent ...

The Albanese government has introduced its digital duty of care legislation to parliament today. The bill includes an “off switch” to allow social media users to opt out of recommender algorithms. If ...

The head of Instagram says the average person who turns off their algorithm will have a much worse "user experience", as Australia debates new opt-out laws.

We won’t see content marketing revert to 2012, when brands would publish to a chronological feed and hope their followers are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ILLUSTRATION - A girl sits holds a tablet on the couch (is associated with: «Australia plans social media algorithm 'opt-out'») ...

The Australian government is considering forcing social media platforms to enable an algorithm opt-out, in order to address polarization fueled by content matching in social apps. The move comes after ...

Australians would be able to choose to opt out of social media algorithms as the federal government revealed how its new legislation would work.

Draft laws would create an opt-out system to turn off algorithms on social media platforms. The bill would also make social media companies responsible for minimising and preventing harm on their ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government Tuesday that would let users have more control over ...

A social media crackdown that would force tech giants to offer an algorithm opt-out faces major hurdles after a key minor party dismissed proposed penalties as “bugger all.” An exposure draft of a ...

Meta has added Facebook to its growing list of platforms giving users greater control over the algorithms deciding what ...

Ms Plibersek told ABC Insiders on Sunday there was “more to do” to tackle the “huge role” of social media platforms in the rise of sexual violence in young people, especially the practice commonly ...